The Irish Regions Office

The Irish Regions Office

September 07, 2009

Innovation Challenges for SMEs conference, 2 October, Trim

The 10th Annual Conference of the Southern & Eastern Regional Assembly takes place on Friday 2nd October at Knightsbrook Hotel, Trim, Co. Meath on the theme of the Innovation Challenges for SMEs.

Building the knowledge base and innovation capacity of the Region are vital components in ensuring greater competitiveness and ultimately, continued growth and prosperity . These objectives are firmly set out in the Lisbon Community Programme and are reinforced in the ERDF co-funded Southern & Eastern Regional Operational Programme 2007-2103. By bringing together the Region's strong educational assets and its enterprise developments agencies and through the use of targeted financial instruments to address the needs of business, particularly small indigenous firms, these objectives can be achieved.

Admission is free of charge, but booking is essential as places are limited

The Annual Conference will be formally opened by Mr. Conor Lenihan, T.D., Minister for Science, Technology, Innovation and Natural Resources.